LARPer Resume

Baaaaa, I’m a sheep.  All my friends are putting up LARP resumes.  I already have a LARP CV up on my web site, but that one’s about LARP running, conventioneering and stuff like that.  In this one, I’m going to list all the LARPs I’ve ever played (that I remember).

Following what seems to be the popular format amongst my friends, * means this was one of my favorite experiences playing a LARP.  % means I particularly disliked playing this game.  Breaking with tradition a bit, I’m going to separate out another mark: @ means I have a rant about this game (positive, negative, neither – this just denotes that I have a lot to say about this one).

Also note: I’ve redacted things that could be possible spoilers, but left them possible to see, by writing them in white-on-white with a black underline, so you can highlight it to see, like this: “Rosebud” was a sled.

2002

• Mont-Saint-Michel (Brandeis) – the cook
• Deep South by Daylight (Brandeis) – don’t remember
• * 6×9: Peripheral Visionaries (Brandeis) – Sumadartson
• @ The Final Voyage of the Mary Celeste (Brandeis) – Lord Thantor
• %@ Broadway’s on the Rocks with a Twist (Brandeis) – The Phantom of the Opera

2003

• Saturday Morning Massacre (Intercon C) – Inspector Gadget
• @ An Evening With Clarence (Intercon C) – Detective Nick Carter
• * Underdog’s Tavern (Intercon C) – Slicer
• Panel: The LARP (Intercon C) – Horde
• * Eye of the Storm (Intercon Gazebo) – a child whose name I don’t remember
• Og: The LARP (Intercon Gazebo) – a caveman
• * Col. Sebastian T. Rawhide’s Circus of the Spectacular (Intercon Gazebo) – Douglas Credenza aka John Bungling
• %@ Star Wars: Only Time Never Stops (Intercon Gazebo) – Thel Shaki
• Giggle (Brandeis) – Purple Tentacle

2004

• * Grimm Tales (Intercon D) – Jack
• * The School for Young Women Specializing in the Arts of Grace and Maidenly Submission (Intercon D) – The Puppet aka Guybrush Threepwood
• City Council of Hound’s Teeth (Intercon D) – Horde

2005

• Michael Clambino’s Poker Night (Intercon E) – the goon
• League of Extraordinary Breakfast Cereals (Intercon E) – Snap (or maybe Crackle or Pop)
• * TBA (Intercon E) – the pilot
• Endgame (Intercon E) – a technician whose name I don’t remember
• @ Etherlines: The Morning After (Brandeis) – I wish I could write down the character’s name, but there are people out there who would stop being my friend over that.
• Perfectly Normal University (Brandeis) – Greg Nevski
• A Night at the Dead Fern Bar (Intercon XX) – Dr. Maynard Weisel
  
• * Tempus Frangit (Intercon XX) – Raventooth
• An Iron GM Game by Deb and Del that I can’t remember the name of, sorry (Intercon XX) – an absolutely flaming man whose name I can’t remember
  

2006

• A crossover game whose name escapes me (Arisia ’06) – Frobozz
• A Question of Faith (Intercon F) – can’t remember
• Divus Ex: Greece (Intercon F) – Dionysus
• * Layover in Santa Calavera (Intercon Z at Intercon F) – horde
• Bughunt (Intercon Z at Intercon F) – team leader
• Succession! (Intercon Z at Intercon F) – can’t remember
• Return to Wonderland (LARP Weekend 2006) – the King
• Welcome to Sunnyvale (LARP Weekend 2006) – Jim Hoover aka God
• League of Extraordinary Breakfast Cereals (Intercon Northeast at Dexcon 9) – can’t remember
• Plan 8 from Outer Space (Intercon Northeast at Dexcon 9) – the QA engineer whose name I could look up if I weren’t a lazy ass
• %@ Wizards (Intercon Northeast at Dexcon 9) – a troll whose name I can’t remember
• Elanthia (Brandeis) – Sir Nathanial Dorian
• 1955: Signals (Intercon XXI) – Charles Lambwright, military advisor
• Smallgreens (Intercon XXI) – can’t remember
  
• % Mahabharata (Intercon XXI) – Karna (should be noted that the % is for a “me” problem and not a game problem, IMO)
  

2007

• Divus Ex: Convocation (Festival 2007) – THOR!!!
• Miskatonic Class Reunion (Festival 2007) – Franklin Dark
• In the Jungle (Playtest, Somerville MA) – can’t remember
• * Grimmer Tales: Arabian Nights (Intercon XXII) – Jack
• And They Were As Gods (Intercon XXII) – Alexander Carpathia aka Jesus
• Masks (Brandeis) – Harry Stein aka Der Flamende Aedler aka Breakeven

2008

• Clue Impaired (Arisia ’08) – Antonio
• *@ 10 Bad Modules in 100 Bad Minutes (Intercon H) – a bunch of characters, including Repentant Sobbing Hitler
• Miskatonic Archaeological Expedition (Festival 2008) – Dr. Armand Pabodie
• Marin County New Age Society Cocktail Party (Festival 2008) – Inspector Mudd
• *@ Torch of Freedom (RPI) – Col. Ignatius Evingast
• Blue Archangel (Intercon XXIII) – Ken Robertson
• * The Road Not Taken (Intercon XXIII) – can’t remember my number, but I had to decide whether to pull the plug on a dying parent
• % Finals (Intercon XXIII) – the janitor

2009

• GM Space (Playtest, Brandeis) – horde
• % A Midsummer Night and the Living is Easy (FestEvil ’09) – Sam Archer
• *@ Lifeline (FestEvil ’09) – Zonk
• Shebopaleleigh (FestEvil ’09) – a troupe member
• * ‘Tis No Deceit to Deceive the Deceiver (Brandeis) – Nathan Windswept
• % Tales of Pendragon (RPI) – Otho
• Martha Stewart’s Guide to Interdimensional Summoning and Basting a Turkey (Brandeis) – Mephisto
• * Shebopaleleigh (SLAW) – an audience member, then a fill-in role for a missing player
• * Bard of Avalon (SLAW) – Hollyhock
• % Chateau Ennui (SLAW) – Sam Petrasewicz
• Paranoia (SLAW) – Fea-R-Less
• Lullaby of Broadway: Episode 2 – Gary Coleman

2010

• 1897: The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (RPI) – Bram Stoker aka Van Hellsing
• Blackout (Intercon J) – Dan Gallagher
• Replaying a Classic: Final Voyages of the Mary Celeste (Intercon J) – Capt. Briggs
• * The Sound of Drums (Intercon J) – Kasimir
• * Oz (V for Vestival) – Jubilation Lott
• % Carry On at Camp David (V for Vestival) – Elvis Priestly
• * Two Hours in London (V for Vestival) – Daniel Alexander

Some Vital Statistics

Games played: 73
Games played at conventions I was helping run: 21
Favorites: 20
Disliked: 9
Strong opinions: 9

Games in which I played screwed characters: 23
Favorite games in which I played screwed characters: 6